Planet of the Arts ~ ow ® Column as Martin Hunt E arly in November, students were alarmed by growing rumours about future early closing of the College. So alarmed in fact that about 100 turned up (a totally unprecedented number) at the Student Society meeting to voice their concern. Alan Barkley was there, and was able to assure us that the school wouldn’t be closed early this year. The College will be closed for almost two weeks over the Christmas break however. | myself have a strong feeling that there are still people in the College who are working towards an early closing. The administration wants to close the school early to save money. They say it costs about $1,000.00 a day to keep the school open. This doesn’t mean that $1,000.00 a day is saved by closing the building. Referring to the College’s Auditted Financial State- ment, | looked for myself to see how much it costs to keep the school open. The total spent for utilities, cleaning and security by the school last year was $305,105. Of this, $124,000 went towards utilities. Utilities includes gas for the kilns and furnaces, electricity for all of the machinery, and power for the lights. In general | would think that the part of the utilities expenditure that provides the power we need to complete our projects would remain constant whether the school is open a lot or a little. We do have to do our work after all. Heat also has to be provided whether people are in the building or not. Basically, what is saved when the College is closed is the wages of the guards and cleaners, and the cost of lights. I'd put the saving at about $500.00 a day, tops. What is the cost to students of this saving? Consider the Remembrance Day closing. | would guess that over the run of the whole day perhaps one- third to one-half of the students would have come in to work, since many of us live very close. By closing the College for that day many people were denied access to facilities worth over $4,000,000. For a saving of $500. False economy | say. The yearly budget for this College is over $7,000,000. The money saved by denying access to students is peanuts in that context. The loss to students is not peanuts. But these financial concerns miss the important point. This is a College of Art. We are trying to study Art. The nature of the work is such that it doesn’t flow to a schedule. We have to work when the work is in us, whether its the middle of the night, or when others are playing with their families, or whenever. That’s why we need free access. So that we can work when the inspiration is strong. Some of us work in fairly portable media. Drawers, and perhaps photographers, can do much of their work outside. Others of us need presses and computers and editing facilities and cutting torches and throwing wheels to do our work and can only do it here. Short hours greatly increase the pressure on the available facilities. Being open on Holidays like Christmas allows students to work on projects not possible in the normal term due to the pressure from fellow students. ei short tall story Jerry Stochansky THE COCKROACH REFUGEE CAMP eing informed that your apartment is going to be fumigated and that everything you own has to be completely covered in plastic is not a pleasant way to end the day, but this is what happened to me. First of all, | was really upset because | hate the thought of breathing in pesticides. Second, I've never ever seen a cockroach in my apartment, and thirdly, covering everything ! own in sheets of plastic would be worse than moving. Telling my landlord all this didn’t seem to do a damn bit of good. As a matter of fact, he seemed to enjoy the discomfort all the tenants would have to face. Phoning the Tenant's Hotline helped; through court action they were able to stop the fumigation of my particular apartment. | was ecstatic, but my euphoria was not to last. It happened on the night the rest of the apartment units were sprayed. About two in the morning | heard a knock on my door. When | opened the door | saw noone, but before | had a chance to close it | heard a high pitched and unmistakable cry for help. What | saw before me was amazing. There at my feet was a cockroach family with all their belongings. They begged me to let them come in, since every other apartment had been lethally sprayed. | was hesitant, until | noticed the baby cockroaches in cloth diapers(they couldn't afford disposable). My heart went out to them, and so | let them in under one condition - that they practice birth control and lay no eggs in my apartment. As soon as they had settled Papa Cockroach asked if he could use the phone. | agreed, as long as it wasn't long distance. He proceeded to phone the other despondent cockroaches in the building, telling them of the New World and how they should come over. After he hung up | tried to have a word with him but it didn’t seem to help. He had a strong argument for cockroach rights and insect freedom, and he promised that if | helped | would go down in cockroach history. | have to admit, | had a selfish motive in letting them stay, seeing that cockroach history has survived three hundred million years and will most likely survive another few million or m u Suzanne Vega With album number two, Suzanne Vega made the quantum leap from underground New York folk scene to mainstream pop. Her hit single, “Luka”, from the album Solitude Standing, is a fresh injection of life into this year’s unexciting popular music scene. The song describes the feelings of a young, abused child and serves to reinforce our awareness of the terrible social maladies of child abuse. Vega does not preach social reform in all of her songs but continues to surprise her loyal cult following. She writes about relationships and ordinary everyday sort of things,using surrealistic imagery, backing up her lyrics with very tight playing and production. This album is full of beautiful poetic compressions; she has become Ear} Goes Fé The ae yah Fa) Ss Volume 3 Number 3 December 1987 Se They started flooding in by the hundreds and of course after about a week | was getting a little impatient with the whole thing. The insect masses had erected a statue called The Cockroach of Liberty, perched outside my window so every insect that might happen to fly by could make its home in my apartment. | had to be careful how | slept, in constant fear of crushing new citizens. It finally all came to a head when neighbouring tenants complained of a constant buzzing inside my apartment. By this time | was just about worn out, though | was being touted as the Mother Theresa of the Insect Kingdom. The United Nations of Insects had been established in my kitchen, and my garbage had become the Foodline. No longer could | see my walls, for they were covered with insects. About two weeks after all the refugees had begun to move in, | went berserk. Thus began my career as an insect despot, an uncontrollable tyrant, and a louse(no pun intended). Firstly, | incarcerated all the male cockroaches, in my fridge where they were forced into hibernation. | then sterilized all the baby cockroaches. When a revolution began to unfold | squelched it with the help of mercenary cockroaches who were easy to pay( an extra piece of garbage). This is when the mass exodus began and | could breathe a sigh of relief. However, | still had to deal with the cockroach mothers who, with their kerchiefs around their heads and tiny candles clamped in their mandibles, kept a vigil outside my fridge in an effort to free their sons. | assured them that every male cockroach would be released outside the boundaries of my apartment once the vigil ended. After they obliged, | released all the frozen insects, though many believed that there were still COW’s (cockroaches of war). | later heard that | did go down in cockroach history, but as a tyrant second only to the manufacturer of Raid and the No-Pest Strip. One always needs to be remembered,somehow. @ iB < sharper in articulating her curious observations of people living in the urban milieu. One song in particular, “Tom's Diner’, allows us to participate with her in human spying. She recites her observations and feelings on the things happening in a diner using a beautiful and simple a cappella form. Vega is like a beat poet from a different generation, but her originality in combining music and writing from different points of view gives her, truly, a 1980's voice. This is a must-buy album for serious(and non-serious) music lovers, performed by a talented musical artist. © Kevin Louis YOuR Tick ET COMRADE. 2 \ (3g Sean Thompson ity TAM DMITRI | | SUSeTE 4 THE CLOWN / @& vhs aLbN XN Those who choose to work late at night or early in the morning free up facilities for those who prefer to work during regular school hours. College equipment is extensively used throughout most of the day. Reduced access would mean increased use of sign- up lists for access to scarce resources. Should we all - work under the same regime that governs the photography and media students with early closing facilities? Extending the open hours is the cheapest way of extending the facilities possible. ov BE cLowN NoW CAPITALIS T- HERES THE STOLEN || You WERE MICROFILM DUMKOY,| | FOLLOWED WE GET DMITRI IN TROUBLE, YES? oH OH - KGB UPTO NO Goop. And even those students who normally don’t use the facilities late at night may find that they appreci- ate the freedom several times a year when crits and deadlines loom. To those who want to save a few thousand dollars out of a budget of millions to deny access to millions of dollars of facilities to many people | say - Forget it! Find somewhere else to save the money. Give us free access to our work. Students are concerned enough about school hours to show up en masse to respond to even a rumour of early closing. We are many. Who are the few? @} Planet of the Arts + @& &. Mar ll sieey Pa S Column as |; | i see ’em Martin Hunt rly in November, students were alarmed by ‘growing rumours about future erly closing of tho ‘College. So alarmed in fact that about 100 turned up (a totaly unprecedented number at the Student Society ‘mesting to volee their concern. Alan Barkley was there, ‘and wae able to aeaure us tht the school wouldn't be ‘closed ealy this year. “The College wil be closed for almost two weeks ‘over the Christmas bresk however. myself have 2 ‘strong feling thet there are stil peopl inthe College ‘who are working towards an earl closing. ‘The administration wants to close the achoo! early to save money. They say it costs about $1,000.00 a day to keep the school open. This doesn't mean that ‘$1,000.00 a day Is saved by closing the bullding.. Reterring to the College's Audited Financial Stat ‘ment, {looked for myself to see how much it costs to keep the school open. The total spent fr ui cleaning and security by the school lest yea '$305,105. O this, $124,000 went towards ulities, Unlties includes gas forthe kilns and fornaces, ‘lctrclty for al of the machinery, and power fr the lights n general | would think thatthe part ofthe tullitis expenditure that provides the power we need to complete our projects would remaln constant ‘whether the school is open a ft ora litle. We do have {odo our work after al Hoa slzo has to be provided. ‘whether people are inthe bulding or not. Basically, ‘what I saved when the College Is closed ls the wages ‘of the guards and cleaners, and the cost of lights. Fé put the saving at about $500.00 a day, tops. ‘Wihat Ie the cost to students ofthis saving? Consider the Remembrance Day closing. ‘guess that over the run of the whole day perheps {ied to one-half ofthe students would have come in to ‘work, since many of us live very close. By closing the College for that day many people were denied access, 1c facities worth over $4,000,000, Fora saving of '$500. False economy | say. ‘The yearly budget for this College Is over '$7,000,000. The money saved by denying access to ‘students Is peanuts in that context. The loss to ‘students Is not peanuts. ‘But these financial concerns miss the important point. “iis ls « College of Art. We are trying to study Art ‘The nature of the work le such that I doesn't flow to a ‘schedule. We have to work when the work sin us, ‘whether isthe middle ofthe night, or when others are playing with thelr families, or whenever. That's why we heed free access, So that we ean work when the Ingplation Ie strong. ‘Some of us work infarty portable media, Drawers, and perhaps photographers, can do much of thelr work outside, Others of us need presses and computers and. tditing facties and cutting torches and throwing ‘wheel to do our work and can only do it here, Short hours greatly increase the pressure on the avallablo facilites. Being open on Holidays ike Christmas allows students to work on projects not possible In the ‘morning ree up Tacities for those who proter to work ‘Schoo! hours. College equipment ‘ecess would mean increased use of sign- Up ists for access to scarce resources. Should we al ‘and even those students who normally don't us the felts fate at night may find thet they spprec- the freedom several times a year when ents and ‘deadlines loom. To those who want to save a few thousand dollars out ofa Budget of millions to deny access to nllons of dollars of facilities to many people | say Forget it Find somewhere else to save the money, Give us fre acces to our work. Stugonts are concerned enough about schoo! hours to show up en masse to respond to even a rumour of early elosing. We are many. Who ate the few? @ Jerry Stochansky ‘THE COCKROACH REFUGEE CAMP eng inermod hat your sparen is gin © tbe fumigated and hat evoryting you own has to bo ‘Comply covredn plato eat a poscant way to ond the day, but hss what happened to mo. Ft ofa, | was rly upset bocausa (hate to thought of boating Inpostides Socond ve novr ever soon a cockroach ‘hosts of pass wollte wore he mong eli my landlord al us dr soom todo damn Bot go0d A st mater of fact he seemed to onoy the scomfor al he fonants would havo face. Phong the Tenants Hono Fold hough court acon they were abl to stop the imation of my partcolar apartment was ecsate, Bot my euphora was not last. ithapponed ont right tho rst of ho parent unt wore sprayed. About wo nthe moring | Foard a nock on my door When opened the door saw "ro ono, but bole | hada chance fo clos heard a thphpched and uomstakabe ey for ol. Wha bore mo was amazing. There a my fot was @ ockoach family wih a thor belonging. They bogged tre to let Bom come i, since every Ober apartment had oon aha sprayed. twas hasta, unl rece he Baby cocyroeches inch Sporsioy culo alors ‘Seposalo My hoart wont oto fen and 9 et om in undor ono eonison that thay practice bith contol td lay oo ogee spatter “Astoon ae hy had sot Papa Cockroach shod it ho cou Us tho phone | agro0d fog a8 wasn't long distance, Ho proceeded fo phone to ober ‘ospondont octroschoe inthe bolsng ohing hem of the New Worl and how thy should come over. Afr ho ‘hing UP ie to have a word wih Rim bt exc soem {pel Ho had a teong argument for eackoach ‘nd incect roodom, and he promised that helped | ‘woud go down n cockroach istry. havo to admit | ada lish moive noting them say, seoing tat ‘Sockroach history has sun tre insted milion Yours and wil mest haly sure anata ew milion oF Im wus Suzanne Vega With album number wo, Suzanne Voga made tho ‘quantum loap from underground Now York folk scane to ‘airstream pop. Her hit singe, “Luka” fom the abun Soitude Standing lea esh injection of i into ts years unexciting popular music cone. Tho song ‘oscrbos tho foings ofa young, abused chid and Serves fo reinoree our awarenaes ofthe tribe roca ‘maladie of eid abuso. ‘Voga doos not preach socal reform in al of hor ‘songs BU contnves to surprise her loyal cult folowing. ‘Sho wites about relationships and ordinary everyday for of things using surealiae magery, backing Up het Iyies with vary ight playing and producton. This abun "lef BeauBt poetic compressions; sho has become Earl Goes he the Circas Q Volume 3 Number 3 December 1987 ‘Thy stated focing in by the hundreds and of course ator about a wook | was goting alti impatont with tho wholo ing. The insect masses had erectod a ‘Salvo calod Tho Cockroach of Libor, parched outside ‘ny window so every insect that might happen to fy by ‘ould mak its home in my apartment. | Rad to bo carol how | slot in constant fear of rushing now ciizons. 1 {aly a came toa head when neighbouring tenants ‘complained of a constant buzzing inside my apartment. By his tme | was ust about worn out, though | was ‘being touted as tho Mother Theresa ofthe insoct Kingdom. Tho United Natons of Insects had boon ‘eetblchod in my kitchen, and my garbage had Become the Foodie. No longer could! see my walls for they ‘wore covered with ingect, “About two weeks aftr all th rfugoes had bbogun to move in, I went borsork. Thus Bogan my earoor |Whon a rovoluton Bogan to unfold | squolched it with tho holp af mercenary coekreachos who wore easy 10 pay ‘an entra pce of garbage). This is when the mass exodus ‘Dogan and could breathe a sigh of role. 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